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cañihua

Spanish, noun/kaˈɲiwa/

cañihua is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “kaniwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cañihua mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininekaniwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of cañihua

  • cañahua alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cañihua?

  • /kaˈɲiwa/
  • [kaˈɲi.wa]
  • /kaˈɲiɡwa/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is cañihua in Spanish?

cañihua appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).